I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.

If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us.

I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette.

Her imperturbable self-confidence (Duchesse de Maine) caused Madame de Stael to write that the Duchesse believed in herself the same way she believed in God, without explanation or discussion.